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"He's a renaissance man who knows his talents and expends energy toward the good - through giving wise counsel, musical entertainment, reflective writing and overall positivity. He has helped me live a life of authenticity and I am forever grateful."
Charles C.
Baton Rouge, LA

"My cousin heard him speak and it was his humor that won her over - when I needed help with my anxiety, he was the one she recommmended. I'm not sure who I am more grateful for - my cousin's push to call
Or Dr. Abraham's gentle and calming demeanor."
Elaine D.
Baton Rouge

"When a therapist, his calmness is contagious - when a Jazz singer, so is his dynamic energy. He has taught me that we wear many hats and that's quite alright."
Donna F.
New Orleans

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Building A Better You

W. Nicholas Abraham, M.Div, Ph.D, or “Dr. Nick”, is a life coach, licensed professional counselor, motivational speaker, recording artist, author, teacher and trailblazer. With more than 30 years’ experience in treating substance abuse, depression and anxiety, he provides counseling, psychotherapy, guidance and psycho-education to couples, individuals, adolescents and families in the Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. He also offers group counseling and presentations. He treats a wide range of clients, including those suffering from PTSD, depression, relational conflicts. He also works with helping the LGBTQ population work through identity issues, acceptance and family struggles.

He joins WEEKENDS WITH WHITNEY weekly to discuss a topic related to behavioral health. Watch the segments below.

Dr. Nick sits with Whitney Vann to talk about optimism and what it takes to remain optimistic through the hardest times in life.

Dr. Nick’s Reflections

The human condition is not about an absence of suffering, but about the presence of God within me.

Be careful of the adage, “Don’t let the sun go down on your anger.” …Sometimes we get too fixated on resolving everything on our chronological “sun down” and forget that God may live in a different time zone.

Dr. Nick and Whitney talk about productivity in this episode of Weekends with Whitney

“To have a strong offense in life doesn’t mean to be aggressive. Neither does having a strong defense mean putting up the armor. In fact, I often think the greatest offense is a defense that pushes back, forces a fumble, or an interception and moves the ball forward by being grounded in one’s confidence level and able to push back when confronted wrongly.” -W. Nicholas Abraham, PhD, LPC

Why did we choose Helping to Build a Better You as our underlying purpose? Because we wanted to intentionally call forth as many interpretations as there are clients. We want to help each and every person to reach one’s full potential in life, and by doing so enabling happiness and well being in all.

Building a Better You is NOT about finding the “right” or the “socially acceptable” way.

Building a Better You is about dancing to your own drumbeat without offending the neighbors.

Building a Better You is about rediscovering lost or broken, misplaced or misjudged aspects of your personality.

Building a Better You is about learning and relearning ways to regulate your moods and flow with life instead of always fighting.

Building a Better You is about becoming skilled in the art and science of navigating through the storms of life, motivated by persistence in the face of mistake-making, and experiencing the rainbow at the end of each storm.

Building a Better You is about weighing individual wants and needs in the face of the needs of others, including friends, family, neighborhood and the world at large.

Building a Better You is about developing self-discipline, an attitude of service to those in need and a willingness to row against the tide of public opinion for the sake of one’s conscience.

Building a Better You is about integrating one’s inner world and the 3 great energies (child, adolescent and adult) and facing the demands of the outer world with confidence, serenity, integrity and a deep abiding faith in the resilience of the human spirit.

Building a Better You is about discernment, adaptation, decision-making, moving forward and bringing continued healing to past wounds, traumatic memories and blocked emotions in order to create new and more authentic patterns of living.

We are here,not as experts who have arrived but as brothers and sisters on the journey, guides and wounded helpers, committed to self-improvement as well as caring for those we serve. We are here to listen to the needs of all those we are privileged to serve, especially those that are unspoken. WE ARE HERE TO HELP BUILD A BETTER YOU

by W. Nicholas Abraham, PhD Christmas Eve is two days away. And with this annual tradition, comes a variety of emotions and concerns. There is no happier memory of my childhood than going to bed on Christmas Eve, and knowing beyond a doubt that the next morning Santa would have come through our home and …

At 3 am on February 18, 2014, the Chariots came down and carried my Father across the River Jordan. One Year later, I stand on Ash Wednesday, a day when we proclaim as Catholics that “to dust we shall return”. Lent begins this 1st anniversary of My Father’s death – a 40 day season intended …

January and February are the dreary months of the year. There’s little doubt that many of us will pass on during these months. Death seems so common during the dead of winter. Just the other night I had the gift of traveling with a Priest to anoint a mutual friend dying of cancer. As we …

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A Joy, Depression, a Meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all. Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture; still, treat each guest honorably. He/she may be clearing …